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China Digital Times » Japanese and Chinese Students Fight in Shanghai

Shanghai International Studies University saw violent clashes this week between Chinese and Japanese students, who had to be dispersed by police. Looking at the report, it's scary how such a small fight between some university students could escalate into so much violence and nationalist sentiments. The translated report, from CDT, is below:

"On October 20, 2008, about 10 P.M., over ten Japanese students were getting drunk and causing a disturbance in the school square. Their noise could be heard from every corner of the campus, which made the boys living on the 9th floor of the boy’s dormitory extremely upset. To protest against the Japanese, the 9th floor students sprinkled some water on the Japanese, resulting in the ten Japanese directly charging into the dorm to beat the two boys so severely that they had to be sent to the hospital.

After the beating, the 10 Japanese immediately fled the dorm room, and the students who heard the news immediately rushed downstairs to confront the Japanese students. At the time, the situation was chaotic. The police immediately dispatched special police to escort and evacuate over 10 Japanese from the school. Not only was the square swarming with patriotic students, I estimate there were approximately several hundred people. Over 10 police vehicles came one by one to maintain order, with everyone standing around watching each other for about 20 minutes.

Under the direction of several students, the students sang the national anthem, marching to the international guest house [the dormitory for international/foreign/study abroad students] to continue their protest against Japanese people. However, the police blocked off the entrance to the international guest house. At this time, we could see Koreans also hanging up their Korean flag. As the student protests increased, there were some foreigners upstairs in the international guest house (it was too dark to see clearly) throwing glass bottles down, causing the situation to escalate…only after the person in charge of the school immediately put forward that the first three students who knew what happened come forth and communicate with the Japanese did the university students calm down and behave themselves.

An angry crowd forms after a group of Japanese students allegedly attacked two Chinese students at Shanghai International Studies University.

An angry crowd forms after a group of Japanese students allegedly attacked two Chinese students at Shanghai International Studies University."

China’s Internet censors have so far cracked down hard on discussion of the incident.Shanghai International Studies University saw violent clashes this week between Chinese and Japanese students, who had to be... more